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A Rocket to Nowhere
"The goal cannot be to have a safe space program – rocket science is going to remain difficult and risky. We have the right to demand that the program have some purpose beyond trying to keep its participants alive. NASA needs to take a lesson in courage from its astronauts and demand either a proper, funded mandate for manned exploration, or close the program. The commercial, technological, and intellectual allure of manned exploration is so great that it will not be a hard case to make."
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Maciej Cegłowski, artist

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The Kool-Aid Point
"You don't really have passionate users until someone starts accusing them of 'drinking the Kool-Aid.' If you create passionate users, you have to expect passionate detractors. You should welcome their appearance in blogs, forums, and user groups. It means you've arrived. Forget the tipping point – if you want to measure passion, look for the Kool-Aid point."
Posted on headrush.typepad.com
Kathy Sierra, cocreator, the Head First book series

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